Get started with WhatsApp configuration whatsapp-config
Before sending your WhatsApp message, you must configure your ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Journey Optimizer environment and associate with your WhatsApp account. To perform this:
These steps must be performed by an ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Journey Optimizer System Administrator.
Create WhatsApp API credentials whatsapp-credentials
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In the left rail, browse to Administration
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Channels and select the API Credentials menu. Click the Create new API credentials button. -
Configure your API credentials, as detailed below:
- API Token: Enter your API token. Learn more in
- Business Account ID: Enter the unique number related to your business portfolio. Learn more in .
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Click Continue.
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Choose the WhatsApp Business Account you want to connect to your WhatsApp API credentials.
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Select the Sender name used to send your Whatsapp messages.
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Your phone number settings is automatically filled:
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Quality Rating: reflects customer feedback on messages sent in the past 24 hours.
- Green: High quality
- Yellow: Medium quality
- Red: Low quality
Learn more about
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Throughput: indicates the rate at which your phone number can send messages.
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Click Submit when you finished the configuration of your API credentials.
After creating and configuring your API credential, you now need to create your Webhook for WhatsApp messages. Learn more
Create Webhook WhatsApp-webhook
Once your WhatsApp API credentials have been successfully created, the next step is to create a webhook and configure your inbound settings.
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In the left rail, navigate to Administration
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Enter a Name for your webhook.
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From the Select configuration drop-down, select the API Credentials you previously created.
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Choose your Inbound keyword category such as:
- Opt-in Keywords
- Opt-out Keywords
- Help Keywords
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Enter your Keywords and click
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From the Reply Message field, enter the message sent when a configured keyword is received, or select a pre-defined option from the drop-down menu.
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Click Submit when you finished the configuration of your WhatsApp Webhook.
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In the Webhooks menu, click the
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To modify existing configuration and access your Webhook URL or Webhook Verify toker, locate the desired Webhook and click the Edit option to make the necessary changes.
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Copy your Webhook Verify toker generated here, then paste it into the Meta interface as part of your Webhook setup.
For detailed instructions on how and where to add this verification token, refer to .
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Access and copy your new Webhook URL from your previously submitted WhatsApp Webhook.
Now that your Webhook is configured, you can create your WhatsApp configuration.
Create WhatsApp configuration whatsapp-configuration
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In the left rail, browse to Administration > Channels and select General settings > Channel configurations. Click the Create channel configuration button.
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Enter a name and a description (optional) for the configuration, then select the WhatsApp channel.
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Select WhatsApp as your channel.
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Select Marketing action(s) to associate consent policies to the messages using this configuration. All consent policies associated with the marketing action are leveraged in order to respect the preferences of your customers. Learn more
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Select the previously created WhatsApp API configuration.
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Enter the Sender name ​you want to use for your communications.
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Once all the parameters have been configured, click Submit to confirm. You can also save the channel configuration as draft and resume its configuration later on.
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Once the channel configuration has been created, it displays in the list with the Processing status.
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Once the checks are successful, the channel configuration gets the Active status. It is ready to be used to deliver messages.
Once configured, you can leverage all out-of-the-box channel capabilities such as message authoring, personalization, link tracking, and reporting.
You are now ready to send WhatsApp messages with Journey Optimizer.
How-to video video
The video below shows how to set up the WhatsApp channel in ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Journey Optimizer.
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